The band is a new
venture among keyboard player Steve Mossberg, drummer Duncan
Arsenault and singer-guitarist Craig Rawding. Mossberg and
Arsenault put Collapsible Three together after their previous
joint project Giraffe called it a day. Mossberg, who is busy
with a solo project, and Arsenault, who is a member of The
Curtain Society, jammed as a duo at Tammany Hall's open mike
for a couple of months before recruiting Vibrotica frontman
Craig Rawding.

photo: Dickie Cummings

The three worked on developing their improvisational chops
and figuring out ways to mix Rawding's live impressionistic
vocals with samples triggered and looped by Arsenault from
his drum kit. Mossberg worked at crafting the heady organ
melodies and deep-groove bass lines, also handled via keys,
to create a framework for the more adaptable elements of
the music. Mossberg described the learning curve for the
band as akin to creating a group painting.

After playing out of the limelight now for a couple of months, Collapsible
Three is ready to hit the masses.